Biography

Parliamentary service

• Chosen by the Parliament of Victoria on 21.8.2013 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice the Hon. D Feeney (resigned). Defeated at general elections 2013.

Committee service

• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Legislation from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: References from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Finance and Public Administration: References from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014.
• Joint Standing: Parliamentary Library from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Electoral Matters from 4.12.2013 to 30.6.2014.

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party Rules Revision Committee.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Housing and Local Government Committee.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Immigration and Ethnic Policy Committee.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1993.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Public Office Selection Committee, 2008.

Personal

• Born 10.9.1974, Tavas, Turkey
• Died 9.11.2019
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Research manager.
• Ministerial adviser from 2012 to 2013.